Grown men crying...

OK...I think it's sunk in now. WE ARE SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS. Yes, "WE". You, me, Fink, Henry, Larry, Danny, Hersh, Yarkon, Jerry, Sarah, Saul, Bubba, Stenzler (and his entire tailgate crew), Jay Frank, Hy & Dan, Simon, Jeff Hersh, Sonny, Venokur (yes, you too), Will Rose, Bubba's cousin, The Hefty Lefty, Cousin Stephanie and Cousin Dennis, etc etc, WE are SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS!!!!!

I've been trying to decide what to write since about noon today, which was about the time I started to actually feel like a human being again.

I really didn't think I could put into words what I wanted to say and how I feel. Frankly, I still don't. Days like Sunday, wins like Sunday, only come around a few times in our lives, if we are lucky, and I wanted to make sure I wrote something worthy of a time like this.

By the time tonight rolled around I was so tired I didn't think I had the energy to blog at all.

Then I checked my email...

In my inbox were 2 pictures that in this fan's humble opinion tell the story by themselves.

My friends...I give you Myself and Larry celebrating victory in New Jersey and Danny & Hersh celebrating victory in Arizona. The looks on these smiling faces say it all....

Pure Joy...

This is why we watch sports my friends. This is what it is all about.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW YORK GIANTS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERY FAN OUT THERE!!!

TEAM Victory Led By Eli, "Tuck Rule"

A long way away from that dark snowy night at Foxboro stadium in January of 2002 when the Pats beat the Raiders to advance to Super Bowl XXXVI, which they would go on to win, a different type of Tuck Rule played a big part in determining the winner of Super Bowl XLII. This time, the Tuck Rule went the other way!

The Giants were relentless on defense and set the tone for this game with non stop pressure on Tom "Booty" Brady by their 4 man front. While Osi and Strahan each had great games and were in Brady's face all night long, it was Justin Tuck who was the difference. At 6'5" 275 this chiseled monster of a defensive lineman wreaked havoc on the Patriots and was the key to the record setting performance by Big Blue. With Tuck shifting up and down the line N.E.'s O-Line was hard pressed to keep the pressure off of Brady.

Big Blue set a Super Bowl record by holding the Pats to 81 total yards in the first half, put Brady on his back 18 times (5 of them sacks), and held New England to a season low 14 points on their way to victory. Justin Tuck was more than NE could handle on his way to 6 tackles, 2 sacks, and a forced fumble. His presence was felt throughout and the defense never stopped coming. Attack Attack Attack is what this defense was all about and with the pass rush as dominating as it has been all year, Big Blue played their type of game.

On the flip side the Giants O-Line held their own and gave Easy Eli a chance to secure a spot in Super Bowl history and he did so by winning Super Bowl MVP!! Eli was calm and cool as he led the GMEN on 2 80+ yard TD drives, the last of which was the 83 yard drive with 2:39 left which resulted in the game winning TD to Plax. David Tyree caught 2 of the biggest passes of his career (and franchise history), one of which will go down as one of the great catches of all time as he leaped and secured a 33 yard bomb from Eli (who survived a mosh pit to make the throw) against his helmet with a 59 seconds left. The rest of the receiving core came up big as well with huge contributions from Boss, Smith, and Toomer. Of course, let's not forget the huge 4th and 1 conversion with 1:34 left by BJ. What a team effort this was!

I'm still not sure what I witnessed last night but I do know this. Although we started the season with low expectations, a broken defense, and uncertainty at Quarterback, we finished the season with a Dominating Defense, a Franchise Quarterback, and a Super Bowl Victory!!!

GGGGMMMMEEENNNNNNNN